Rants on Bangalore's traffic situation

This is a discussion on Rants on Bangalore's traffic situation within Street Experiences, part of the Buckle Up category; 1. Ban 2 wheelers from BETL totally
2. Install ANPRS (Automated Number Plate Recognition System) cameras at Silk Board side ...

1. Ban 2 wheelers from BETL totally
2. Install ANPRS (Automated Number Plate Recognition System) cameras at Silk Board side to record entry times. Set up a Tirumala style 80 km/hr time interval for exit at E-City side. Put a hefty fine for non-compliance

It is common to see such systems in the UK especially where roadworks are on. They work superbly and all motorists are bound to follow the specified time else they face an automatic fine sent by post :-)

1. Ban 2 wheelers from BETL totally
2. Install ANPRS (Automated Number Plate Recognition System) cameras at Silk Board side to record entry times. Set up a Tirumala style 80 km/hr time interval for exit at E-City side. Put a hefty fine for non-compliance

Average Speed cameras do work well, in UK.
However, fun seekers in India, will find workarounds for these as well.
Like for example, driving at break neck speed till the last kilometer, and then slowly down to 20-30Kmph for the last Km.

Folks,
BETL has re-started issuing 2 way toll tickets for 2 wheelers again, this morning.
I believe the ban is revoked?

Thanks for the update. May be little resistance from 2-wheeler Riders made it back. I did see bikes lined up yesterday evening at EC Toll gate who were not ready to go back. Authorities might have given in.

Average Speed cameras do work well, in UK.
However, fun seekers in India, will find workarounds for these as well.
Like for example, driving at break neck speed till the last kilometer, and then slowly down to 20-30Kmph for the last Km.

True. If we Indians spent even 1/3rd of our brains on coming up with workable processes and rules, instead of spending time on how to beat the system , we would be developed country by now.

Seriously, maybe have a minimum speed too? But you are right, we need personal AND civic discipline, and common sense for such a system to work.

Sometimes, the traffic police end up screwing up a rather stable system. Such is the case with Tin Factory junction. Now, on either sides, they are manually allowing the traffic from ORR and NH to alternatively move instead of the earlier system where traffic used to merge and interchange on its own. The result is that on Monday, to reach BYPL metro from my office I took one hour, which on an average would take only half that time. This was because traffic police were blocking and allowing each side to go alternatively. This led to a huge pileup beyond ITPL main road/ORR intersection and ruined the whole system there.

Also , the strecth between Kalyan nagar and horamavu is blocked for Whitetopping of roads resulting in huge traffic during evening.this stretch was perfectly fine before.Is entire ORR going to be white topped?

Also , the strecth between Kalyan nagar and horamavu is blocked for Whitetopping of roads resulting in huge traffic during evening.this stretch was perfectly fine before.Is entire ORR going to be white topped?

KR Puram Situation is here to stay. The Metro barricades have taken up 15 feet on both sides of the road and traffic police is regulating traffic resulting in the backlog

Kalyan Nagar white topping exercise is a pain. I read in the newspaper that ORR is slated to be White topped, As usual , the smart chaps started White topping on a perfectly good stretch of road

I had reported to the traffic police about the manual controlling in Tin factory Junction and wae surprised to see that it was scrapped from Friday at least when I passed through in the morning. Hopefully that should be the case tomorrow too

Just saw a serial accident on NICE road just before electronic city toll. Traffic was piled up for a long distance. Towing service arrived while we passed the spot. A mini lorry, Alto, Zest(?), Duster. All the cars badly damaged.

Had to visit someone near Yeshwanthpur yesterday (Sunday) and was planning a 2:30pm start. Got stuck with some work and ended up starting late but just before leaving I found that there was a program at Palace Grounds and the PM was going to be there, along with 60,000 people expected to attend the event!.
Checked traffic on gmaps and did not find anything alarming, so went ahead. It was smooth flowing traffic all the way till somewhere near Mekhri circle, lots of cops were there so it was managed well. Traffic eased out after Mekhri circle (I was apprehensive about the stretch after IISc junction having been stuck there many times in long jams) and it was easy to reach Yeshwanthpur.

Its the same old problem as per me. First they need to increase utilization of the current network.

The lines along ORR and the Hosur have enough potential to decongest the over all outer ring road. If they can implement that without breaking-up the city center, that would be a big plus. They can leave the city center traffic for the Metro. Sadly the ORR itself is not scaling-up to the rising population density which is mushrooming (or has already mushroomed) rapidly along its sides.

One obvious option is to develop/strengthen the local infrastructure around these suburbs and build upon the sub-urban railway between these points (Yelahanka, Hebbal, Thanisandra, Hennur, Horamavu, Kalyan Nagar, KR Puram, Doddanakundi, ISRO, Marathahalli, Belandur, Carmelaram, Sarjapur road). That should probably help bring down burden on the ORR.

Seems like BTP is starting up another fine collection campaign. There was a lull for couple of months I felt, now almost daily seeing updates on 'shrill horn' and 'illegal number plate' on social media from them.

Today morning they were stopping two wheelers near Kadubeesinahalli underpass. Some of those I felt was for violation of helmet rule. However, there were some who were having proper helmets, not sure why they were stopped.